Gilchrist v. Bryant

This is a suit under section 650, Re-wised Statutes 1899, to ascertain and determine the •estate, title and interest of plaintiff and defendant, repectively in the south half of the southwest quarter ■of section 31, township 23, range 17 in Mississippi county, Missouri, and to define and adjudge the title, •estate and interest of said parties severally in and to such real property.

*443Plaintiff, wanting Ms title qMeted and settled, brought suit alleging in Ms petition that he was the •owner of the land in “fee simple absolute,” and averring that “defendant claims to have title to an interest in…